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12 Oct 2008, 10:27 pm

I know what it's like to have a dark obsession...I spent several years studying genocides: the holocaust, Armenia, Rwanda, Cambodia, the Ukraine, and so on. It was fascinating and sad all at the same time. I learned not to talk about this interest because other people found it so morbid - but I couldn't let it go for a long time. Eventually it did pass though...I don't think it will hurt you, just don't lose yourself.



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13 Oct 2008, 6:26 am

I have a leather and latex fetish does that count as a bad interest?



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13 Oct 2008, 9:05 am

The more you try to avoid obsessing about Charles Manson, the more this thing will last and the more you will bring it in conversations...

Just let it flow... Try slowly expanding the scope of the obsession so that it is not specifically about Charles Manson himself, for example another interesting part of the story is the people that caught him, etc.


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13 Oct 2008, 12:28 pm

lol the only one i ever likes was sweeney todd


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14 Oct 2008, 1:21 pm

NocturnalQuilter wrote:
Funny-ish true story:

When I was in college I took Interior Lighting 400 as an elective. One of the projects was to do the interior lighting specs for a 3-floor nightclub. In addition we could also do the entire interior design for extra credit. My presentation was about a nightclub based on early century Prohibition. I called the club "Helter Skelter" 'cuz I thought it sounded hip and radical and energetic. After my final presentation to my class and the entire ID staff my professor pulled me aside and asked if I knew what Helter Skelter really meant. She knew- probably from my puzzled look- that I had no idea. What a lesson I received that day.


That's a cool name for a club!



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14 Oct 2008, 4:12 pm

Yeah, have to agree. A club named Helter Skelter would be pretty awesome.



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14 Oct 2008, 5:25 pm

It's not really nessecarily a bad thing to talk about, it depends on the other person, if they don't want to talk about it, don't bring it up again.

Perhaps if you really admired what he did, it could be a bad thing, but if you just enjoyed the book and see what he did as awful, that's fine. I mean, you're not talking like "he killed alot of people, THATS SO COOL!" so you're fine.


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14 Oct 2008, 5:28 pm

:lol: No. I've never had a "special interest" that I would mention at all.